fair, balanced, and unafraid. captions by closed captioning services >> shepard: tonight, live from phoenix, dead lock in the dead debate. plus, new backlash against the casey anthony murder verdict. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count 1? we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. as to the charge of aggravated child abuse, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. as to the charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child. we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >> shepard: now the anger is growing against the jury. >> justice for cailee. >> shepard: getting reports of jurors quitting work, going into hiding. afraid for their very lives. tonight, casey anthony and the run away jury. word of a dangerous weapon smuggled on to a jet. >> this is definitely something that needs to be addressed immediately.

>> shepard: how did somebody get one of these through security? tonight, the shocking details about a stun gun at 30,000 feet. plus, what's up with all the broken bats? >> we'll see how major league baseball has been trying to crack the problem by trying to go to the source. tonight a road trip into the would woods. good afternoon from the sally of the sun. chase field, phoenix, arizona. the site of major league baseball 2011 all-star game tomorrow night on the fox broadcast network 8:00 eastern, 5:00 here in the valley. what a beautiful afternoon. 105 degrees but it's a dry heat. and we're inside with a live look at the stadium where the players are down on the field for a little b.p. ahead of tonight's home run derby an hour away. national league mitters went

first. then time for american league it david battista. robinson all set to show off their power. keep an eye what's happening throughout this hour. first from fox this monday night, we're hearing some fresh backlash over the casey anthony verdict. focusing on the 12 jurors who acquitted the central florida mother of killing her child. of the outrage is so strong this afternoon it's apparently driven one juror to leave the state of florida. remember last week that jury decided there simply wasn't enough evidence to convict casey anthony of murder. and she is going to walk free from jail this coming sunday or that's the plan. that triggered protests from people who argued she is getting off too easy. and they are directing some of their anger toward the members of the jury. the judge has said he is concerned about the jurors' safety. and so far he has kept their names a closely guarded secret. but that wasn't enough to reassure juror number 12.

she has reportedly quit her job and left the sunshine state all together. in fact, her husband tells nbc news she is worried her co-workers are furious with her over the verdict and he says he accident know when his wife will feel safe up in to come back home. it's just not the members of the jury who could be at risk, they tell us. one of casey anthony's lawyers told her own greta van susteren his client faces some his client faces very serious threats to safety. >> she can't go anywhere. that is the most recognizable face in the country next to president obama. i don't know where she is going to be able to go. and we're not telling. and when or how or where. and he said that he is sure that casey is going to have problems for a very long time. "the fox report's" chief correspondent jonathan hunt live with us this afternoon. jonathan, casey's lawyer is also talking about her relationship with her own parents and, frankly, it does not sound good.

>> it doesn't sound good at all, shep. also gave an interview toll abc news today. during that interview he was asked about the relationship between casey and her mother and father. george and cindy anthony. and he responded that that relationship is, quote: pretty well burned. although he said she may at some point have a relationship with her brother. not surprising that the relationship with her parents would be burned though, given that through her attorney, jose baez. they said that her father, george, had molested her when she was younger and that was the start of all her problems with all the serial lies and bizarre behavior she exhibited, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, back to the jurors' safety concerns. this judge could decide to release their names really at any time now, right? >> yeah, we're being told that there will be a decision likely this week. although that decision, of course, could be to hold on to those names for another few weeks or even months. in the meantime, more jurors are

talking. the foreman of the jury in fact spoke to greta van susteren on the conditional that she and we did not identify him and he made it pretty clear in that interview, shep, that he was uncomfortable with the verdict they felt that they had to reach, listen. >> when i had to sign off on the verdicts, the sheet tawas given to me, there was a feeling of disgust knowing that my signature and her signature were going to be there on the same sheet. >> he repeated what other jurors have said there simply wasn't the evidence they felt for them to bring about a guilty verdict against casey anthony, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, a central florida television station is trying to get the court to release the video evidence which we're told could be explosive. >> yeah, very interesting evidence, if we ever get to see it. it is video shot in the orange county jail on december 11th, 2008. that is the day and the video is of the moment when casey anthony

was told that caylee's body had been found. the judge ruled future under seal when it was first made aware to him that it video existed. it may now be released if this local tv station has their way. and obviously that would be fascinating for us all to see, shep. >> shepard: the most inflammatory piece of evidence according to the judge in the entirety of the trial. can you catch the rest of greta's interview with juror number 11 and with casey's attorney tonight 10:00 eastern time and, again, at 10:00 p.m. pacific right here on fox news channel. >> because when you have got to know the news, you have got to go to greta. want to visit the memorial for caylee anthony better bring walking shoes. they are banning cars on the road that lead to that memorial it was getting too much to much traffic and becoming dangerous for people walking there the memorial sits about 20 feet off the road. not far from casey anthony's house. it's been getting a steady stream of visitors according to

locals since last week's verdict. >> the police are not letting any cars come down this road anymore. we have got to walk back. >> what do you think of that. >> it's crazy. it's a public road. >> people still have a right to come down here and see this. people giving their respects to this poor little kid. it's not right. of coursyou can't stop but, at least people can drive by and pay their respects. >> shepard: sheriff's deputies say they are not sure how long they have to keep the road blocked. they are testing to see if this might work. big news coming out of washington. president obama says there will be a deal to raise the debt limit by the 2nd of august deadline. but the president insists that deal has to include tax hikes for the richest of all rich americans. something republicans are still refusing to accept. the president and house speaker john boehner spelling out their demands at a news conference or series of news conferences today before the latest rounds of talks at the white house. the president saying he is bent over backwards to work with

g.o.p. leaders on spending cuts and that he is willing to take significant heat from his own party. now, he says it's time for republicans to do the same. the president used himself as an example as really someone who can afford to give up a few tax dollars. >> i do not want and i will not accept a deal in which i am asked to do nothing in fact, i'm able to keep hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional income that i don't need. if you don't have revenues, it means you are putting more of a burden on the people who can least afford it. and that's not fair. i think the american people agree with me on that. >> the american people understand that tax hikes destroy jobs. the last thing we should be doing right now at a time of 9.2% unemployment, is enacting more government policies that will destroy jobs. but the american people will not and the house cannot pass a bill

that raises taxes on job creators. >> shepard: so what if both sides are still in this washington familiar gridlock by the 2nd of august? well, it will be a mess. rest assured. the president says he will not sign a short-term bill no matter what to raise the debt ceiling for just a few months at a time. >> we think it's hard now, imagine how these guys are going to be thinking six months from now in the middle of election season when they are all up it's not going to get easier. it's going to get harder. we might as well do it now. pull off the band-aid. eat our peas. >> shepard: eat our peas. mike emanuel live at the white house. mike, you had another meeting there today. i mean, we are smiling through it but this is just a huge mess. >> shep, you are right. the meeting did not sound like it went well. after about 90 minutes together, another 90 minute meeting and no break through. when republicans resisted the idea of raising taxes for oil

and gas companies, and corporate jet owners, vice president biden fired back, come on, man, let's get real. saying that they were taking ideological positions and not making economic arguments. the major problem remains taxes. republicans do not want to raise taxes. no matter what. even if president obama says they would not take effect until 2013, after the election, shep. >> shepard: it's all politics and everybody knows it. but i'm curious if there is any sign that republicans are ready to take the president's advice and eat their peas. >> well, it does not sound like it tonight for sure because all the leaders are saying they need to do something about the debt ceiling by august 2nd. but the question is what combination of spending cuts, perhaps tax increases would get you there to get enough votes because they feel like they are going to need some democratic votes in the house to get the package through. here is house speaker john boehner. >> i want to get there. i want to do what i think is in

the right -- the best interest of the country. but it takes two to tango. and they are not there yet. >> translation of two to tango, the speaker does not believe the white house and democrats are serious enough about cutting spending. talks will resume tomorrow afternoon, shep? >> shepard: mike emanuel live on the north lawn at the white house this evening. mike, thank you. much more news ahead. plus a tough weekend for pro football. two nfl stars wind up behind bars. we'll see why the cops busted the bengals pacman jones, familiar. and the steelers heinz ward. that's coming up live from phoenix where baseball's all-stars are set to face off tomorrow night. and we'll bring you the news from the journalists of fox news, this on this fox report. boy, i'm glad we got aflac h

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>> shepard: back live from chase field in phoenix home of the diamondbacks this year's all-star game. the mood is mighty cheerful here. it already has the makings of a very long week for the nfl. as if the lockout isn't enough, police outside atlanta this weekend arrested the pittsburgh steelers wide receiver heinz ward. is he chanched with drunk driving. he recently won dancing with the stars over on abc they tell me. in cincinnati the bengals corner back adam pacman jones, a familiar name to law enforcement had yet another run-in with

johnny law. this time disorderly conduct and resisting arrest to the charges. and, in case you are wondering that is, indeed, a neck brace in the mugshot. trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom this afternoon with more. pacman says the neck brace is proof that he is innocent. >> yeah, because police say when they tried to arrest adam pacman jones he kept tightening his arms and pull away. pacman jones says he could not pull away because he just had neck surgery and couldn't move his neck. police also say that jones was drunk, shouting profanities at a cincinnati bar. here's how pacman explains it. listen. >> it's ridiculous. i keep on going through the same thing. it don't make no sense. what do i have to do to show people like i'm not doing -- i'm not on that dough. you know what i mean? i'm not disrespecting nobody. i got a freedom of speech. can i say whatever i want to say. there is no reason i should have got locked up for whatever they said i got locked up for. this is ridiculous, man.

>> this is the sixth time that adam pacman jones has been arrested. he has already been suspended from the nfl twice. he will could be looking at a third time, shep. >> shepard: what more do we know about the arrest of heinz ward, trace? >> police report shows that he was driving his astin martin saturday morning and following cops for five miles. he was swerving so they pulled him over and gave him five different field sobriety tests. he failed them all. including one that showed his blood alcohol was above the legal limit. he has apologized to fans but he maintains is he innocent. some critics say the lockout is giving these young rich men too much time on their hands but the numbers don't really show that shep. because this year, there have so far been 36 arrests in the nfl. last year no lockout there were 53 arrests. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live this afternoon in l.a. trace, thank you. friends and family today buried the texas rangers' fan who died trying to snag a souvenir ball

for 6-year-old son. last week the ranger's outfielder tossed bat knoll the fans. this man leaned over the railing and fell 20 feet ton a concrete walkway. he was a firefighter who died later of cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. today nearly a thousand people gathered at the first united church for the memorial service. in fact, more than 50 emergency vehicles were part of the procession and here you see it from above. today those who knew him best described his relationship with his little boy. >> he was a wonderful dad to him. so it's -- he was just a great guy and cooper is going to know that is he going to have a lot of great fond memories of his dad even as young as he is. >> shepard: texas rangers organization has signaled it is starting a fund to help shannon stone's family. they're also reviewing security procedures around that placements rangers outfielder

josh hamilton reportedly distraught over the tragedy. who wouldn't be. in the past hamilton had a very well documented struggle with drugs and alcohol. he still battles it he admits it he is reportedly clean and sober for some time but today on "studio b," "the fox report's" announcer joe buck said the baseball community is still concerned. >> josh has been through a lot. you have to hope that he keeps on the straight and narrow and he keeps things together because that would rock the world of any of us sitting up here or any of us watching. >> we're told josh hamilton was especially shaken because he apparently could hear the victim's little boy crying for his father. well, they check your shoes and your shampoo. they even touch your junk from time to time. but airport security screeners apparently managed to miss a stun gun. tonight, how did it get on a plane and why would somebody bring it on there in the first place? we'll get a live update next. plus, whitey bulger's girlfriend

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>> shepard: wrapping up in phoenix as they wait for the home run derby to begin. not until after this newscast is over. they are getting ready for it pretty good crowd here for 106 degrees outside in the middle of july in phoenix. fox broadcasting company airing the major league baseball's all-star game tomorrow night 8:00 eastern and 5:00 pacific that's on your local fox

broadcast station. a stun gun making it past airport security and to a plane. jetblue flight 1179 arrived from new jersey to boston on friday night. 100 passengers and crew and a stun gun on board. that is so surprising in in day and age post 9/11 that could happen. how? >> i can't imagine getting anything through. hats off, belts off, everything. so that's pretty amazing. >> shepard: everything along the way with junk touching and everything else and they can't find a stun gun. investigators say a cleaning crew discovered the thing in a seat back pocket. they handed it to the cops. the feds took over from there. jamie colby joins us now with this and other reassuring news. a spokesman for the fbi says an attack was not in the works, which is comforting. >> a big comforting but that's all we can tell you at this point. good evening, shepard. that's right, the fbi has identified who was seated in the row of seats where this striker, 1800 stun gun was found on board

that jetblue boston to newark flight friday. they say that's not necessarily who put it there. we have just learned that it was not law enforcement in those seats. a spokesman telling fox it doesn't appear the people on board were in danger at any time. the preliminary information we have at this time doesn't lead us to believe this was part of any imminent attack that's what they are saying so far. still the stun gun is described by authorities as fully functioning on that plane. shep. >> shepard: everybody knows how thorough these patdowns appear to be at least. does anybody have a clue how something like this might happen? >> no. shepard. it's three days later and neither the airline, the transportation security administration or the fbi will say if that device evaded airport screening or was it placed in that seat by somebody with a security clearance? >> whoever got the stun gun through there, you don't know if it was a terrorist. someone foreforget they had a stun gun. there is a lot of scenarios that

could have went on this. is definitely something that needs to be addressed immediately. >> three days later. authorities are keeping this one pretty close to the vest. but one security expert told me even if no imminent threat or attack was planned this time, whatever loophole allowed a stun gun on the plane, it needs to be closed immediately. hopefully before you fly back. >> shepard: i don't know. i can think of worse things than a stun gun as long as we can get the shampoo on the crew will be happy. jamie colby live in new york. thank you. whitey bulger's girlfriend is looking for a little freedom now. the feds picked her up when they caught the notorious mob boss in california last month after he spent 16 years on the run. whitey bulger is facing charges related to the 19 murders in the boston area but today his girlfriend appeared in court to ask the judge to let her go free while she awaits her trial. she is accused of harboring a fugitive. the bail hearing ended after a couple of hours it is scheduled to restart wednesday morning.

her twin sister attended the cowering hearing as well today. she refused to comment on whether she had helped her twin evade the feds. new pressure to reach a deal on the debt crisis with the deadline just weeks away. so what could happen if lawmakers do not agree on a compromise and the government really can't pay the bills? plus, wisconsin republicans disguised as democrats? the g.o.p. strategy to keep control of the state senate. that's coming up on this fox report live from chase field in feedges all-star game tomorrow night 8:00 eastern on the fox broadcast network. [ barks ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ whistles ] ♪ [ cat meows ] ♪ [ ting! ] [ male announcer ] travelers can help you protect the things you care abt and save money with multi-policy discounts.

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>> shepard: getting groceries delivered in some major american cities is no problem it's more complicated when you are like 200 miles up in space. the crew of the international space station getting nearly five tons of food and clothing and spare parts all courtesy of the shuttle dlints including a bag of fresh fruit and extra

jars of peanut butter. last ever space shuttle mission and nasa has just extended it by one day. the space station crew members seem cool with that. astronauts said they have been outstanding house guests they can stay as long as they want. good attitude schultz crew may have saved his life. the shuttle docking bumped the orbiting complex away from a potentially dangerous piece of space junk. i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. live from chase field in phoenix. president obama says he will not sign a short-term bill to raise the nation's debt limit but the two parties still said to be far apart on a long-term plan. they are set to meet again tomorrow. the president says without a deal by the second of august, the government could default on its debt for the first time ever. he warns that could cause another major recession and put

millions more people out of work. it's the top story at the bottom of the hour. and rich edson is on it live from washington. rich, there are other ways really this could effect regular, every day americans as well. >> definitely. and, you know, one of the more frightening consequences shep is really uncertainty. analysts have an idea of what this could mean. a full default has never really happened before. much of the outcome depends on investors and ration agencies. if the u.s. is not pay all of its bills. investors will immediate lay charge the federal government more money to borrow money. higher interest rates for government and consumers and home buyers looking for mortgage or looking to refinance. if the government is short it may have to decide who gets paid and who misses out on government checks. treasury department says breaches the debt ceiling would mean catastrophic economic and market consequences. and if that's true, investors and folks with 401(k)'s could take a big hit. there are those in congress who disagree with this scenario and think the government can avoid

this crisis without raising the debt ceiling. top lawmakers in the administration say they would rather not get to that point and actually find out, shep. >> shepard: any word on contingency plans, rich? >> the treasury department of the white house refuses to detail their plans if august 2nd arrives without an increase in the debt ceiling. the president and treasury secretary will only say that congress will raise the debt ceiling before august 2nd. if they don't, analysts of the bipartisanship policy center say there will be widespread uncertainty day-to-day. analysts say the treasury department and officials there will have to figure out which obligations they will pay as there will be an immediate 44% cut in federal spending they say. and that's just at the beginning. shep? >> shepard: rich edson live on capitol hill tonight. rich, thank you. a debt crisis in italy did a real number on the stock market here in the united states today. analysts say they are worried that the trouble could spread to other european countries. today the dow plunged more than 150 points. nasdaq close to 60 points in the

s&p 500 down almost 25. it's democrats vs. fake democrats in wisconsin's recall election. that's because republicans are infill tralgt tomorrow's democratic primary. it's the latest fallout from the law that limits union rights passed earlier this year. [mike tobin live in madson wisk this afternoon. apparently the g.o.p. strategy is perfectly legal. >> shepard, the republicans are quite open about it they called the fake candidates protest candidates and they really are a mechanism to buy time. the republicans here in wisconsin feel there just wasn't enough time between the very contentious legislative session. emotional legislative session and recall to put together effective campaign. they have got two names over on the crack side of the ballot even though you know one of them is fake, it still creates a need for a primary election and buys

an additional four weeks, shep. >> shepard: mike, what happens if these fake candidates, as they are calling them, if one of them actually wins? >> well, there is a degree to which they have won because the tactic has been successful in terms of 40sing the primary and and -- forcing the primary and buying extra time. as far as a candidate winning outrit is unlikely. they haven't really raised any money. they haven't really done any campaigning. the voters out in these districts know who these fake candidates are and the rolls they are playing, shep. >> shepard: mike tobin live for us madison wisconsin, thanks. so this guy poses as a u.s. marshall. then threatens to take away a woman's grandchild. that tops our news tonight across america. florida. cops in lake mary say james williams, a bounty hunter has done this sort of thick before. >> he came here with a badge. he came here with a gun.

>> shepard: marilyn says william spent three hours questioning her about a fugitive he was hunting down. the real u.s. marshals say they plan to prosecute him. louisiana. a surveillance camera catches the shooting on video. cops say it started as a big shouting match and then turned violent on bourbon street in new orleans. two people got hit with bullets. each expected to survive. michigan. tragedy at a neighborhood pool party in east detroit when an 11-year-old boy drowned. this 14-year-old girl says she remembers swimming near the young boy before somebody found his body at the bottom of a pool. >> he was playing in the water like a normal kid. >> authorities investigated. utah. this american is going to represent his country in the international tree climbing competition in australia. while he isn't afraid of heights, is he scared of one thing. >> the squirrels will make contact. i have had one jump on my pruner head and i could hear its teeth chattering on the metal.

>> shepard: for now he will brave the squirrels hoping to be crowned the best tree climber in the world. the man who kidnapped and repeatedly raped elizabeth smart for nine months says he does not want to appeal his two life sentences. an attorney for brian david mitchell says he can't discuss the decision. today was the last day the defense team could file an appeal. elizabeth smart signed on as contributor on abc news to report on missing person's cases. a teenager accusing a school or accused in a school shooting gets a 15 minute trial. coming up, what he said that had prosecutors cutting short their case. plus, you can get hit by balls around here. key came close during batting practice tonight. but broken bats can be just as dangerous if not more. so and in the last few years, players have been shattering a lot more than they used to. so why? there is a huge rise in

shattered bats. we will show you why and the plan to keep the fans safe. that coming up as fox reports lye from phoenix, arizona on the eve of the all-star game on fox. hi. you know, i can save you 15% today

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he testified that he did try kill the 15-year-old when he shot him twice in the stomach last month. [coughing] excuse me, wow. he insisted for weeks that he did not intend those shots to be fatal. the victim is still recovering. prosecutors immediately dropped all the charges against phelps except attempted murder. he is expected to be found guilty. sentencing is next month. live look above our heads at chase fields in phoenix where obviously in july in the valley of the sun it's hot. it says that it reached 97 today. temperatures are hovering around 100 in dallas. 106 here yesterday. in the oxford, mississippi it was 101. in dallas, 100 from the tenth day in a row. heavy wind and rain pounding las vegas area in recent days, toppling power lines, tearing roofs off the buildings. the storms ripping across the midwest. forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights chicago's

o'hare. let's get to janice dean in the weather center in new york. where are the watches and warnings, j.d. >> absolutely. we had a long wind event evidence across the ohio river valley and in towards the mid atlantic. can you see the watches right there. tornado watch in effect for parts of wyoming in through south dakota and nebraska this evening. no warnings to tell you about. keep you up to date. then, of course, our round of showers and thunderstorms bring long wind event across the ohio river valley, shep. over 315 reports of severe weather today. 300 of those were wind events. back to you. >> shepard: it looks like states all across the nation are feeling the heat here, janice. >> it is really hot outside, shepard. of course, much of the country into a heat advisory posted for at least two dozen states. and the bulk of the heat across the heartland where it's going to feel anywhere from 105 to 110 degrees into tomorrow. with the humidity and the heat

combined. shep? >> shepard: wow, that's a lot. it's a dry heat here, janice. >> you look cool as ever. >> shepard: thank goodness there is a roof on this thing. jury selection nearly complete for the perjury trial for roger clemmons. the judge is planning to have opening arguments begin day after tomorrow morning. you'll recall prosecutors charged the former major league baseball prisoner with six felonies after he is said to have lied to congress under oath when he claimed that he never used steroids. roger clemmons is still standing by that denial. here at chase field and in ball parks across our nation, crews warn the fans to watch out for fly balls and bats that may fly into the stands. and when it comes to broken bats, players that don't have lightning fast reflexes could very well get hurt. it happened at a pretty alarming rate this year. and just getting grazed by a shattered bat can mean a trip to the disabled list or a much shorter career.

mlv investigating why we have seen some broken bats recently and to try to fix the problem the league is going all the way to the source. steve brown is our chicago-based correspondent live in our newsroom there. what are they doing, steve? >> well, a book baseball immorality you no doubt know, shep, he wrote a book called the "the science of hitting" there is a science to bat making as well and the lab is in wisconsin. lots of major leaguers love maple bats. >> definitely more durable. it's tough when you get a bat you like. >> but the wrap on maple bats is when they break they shatter spraying big sharp pieces. last september cubs outfielder tyler coal bin was briefly hospitalized with the barrel of a broken maple bat stabbed him in the chest. the ray's david price in may had to limbo. >> out of the way in the back of

the head it could have been worse where it was. >> that's where the wood experts of the forrest industry service lab in wisconsin came in. >> i received a phone call from major league baseball asking if i would be interested in trying to help them to determine why there was so many multiple piece failures. >> after three seasons of collecting shattered bats, breaking bats in the lab. >> look at next employing bat. >> in video review of every broken bat. >> i'm pretty sure it was grains failure. >> team found the more grain sloped or angled from straight down the handle, the more likely it was to fly apart when it broke, leading to a new major league rule on bats maple and otherwise. >> they have to have a slope of grain no greater than 3 degrees in the handles. >> if a single black dot of ink exposes the grain and checked by inspectors who make unannounced visits since the number of shattered bats have been cut in half. >> can it realistically be cut

in zero? not sure of that natural product variability in it meaning wood breaks now those maple bats have shattering far less frequently. now major league baseball has fined bat manufacturers that don't meet consistently that grain standard but won't say which ones. future innovations on bats, at least in the discussion phase right now are some sort of sleeve over this portion of the bat which is where a lot of those complete breaks happen. shep? >> shepard: steve brown our resident red sox in cubby land. only 12 games back still hope. the white house hinting it plans to take action on gun control laws six months after shooter in tucson killed six people and critically wounded the congresswoman gabriel giffords. so what do gun activists, gun rights activists have to say about the particulars of this? we will get reaction from both sides of the issue as fox reports live from chase field in phoenix. site of the 2011 major league

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>> shepard: a live look now the home of the d-backs this week the major league all-star game best batters will compete for the home run derby title. big show tomorrow night. big all-star game and intern daniel hernandez who helped save grichedz life after she was shot back in january will throw out the ceremonial pitch. we will talk to him live on "studio b" tomorrow. meantime, the white house press secretary today announcing that the administration will soon push new gun control legislation and that, of course has sparked

new debate on both sides of this contentious issue. shannon breams is in washington tonight. what do we know about what the president may propose here, shannon. >> it may be along the lines of the executive order. straight from the white house not a piece of legislation that has to pass congress. express need to back data bait. henican hopes he dual just that. >> the president drew attention this that ano, ma'amfully our gun law that's can go to a licensed seller and be subject to a background check and go to another seller and no background check. having drawn attention to it we hope he will back proposals for that loophole. >> expect something from the white house in the matter of weeks, shep. >> shepard: how skeptical are gun right supporters at this point, shep. >> as can you imagine they are concerned that the in the may issue an order infringes on

rights without going through capitol hill. here is adam gure ranchts the community is going to look very carefully at the obama administration's proposals. and anything that interferes with the second amount right as it is being enforced today by the courts will be tested. >> shep, by the way gura has won two huge second amendment cases in the last two years. >> aside from what the may be planning on gun control, shannon, the justice department made its own announcement today. what's that particular announcement all about? >> it will require federally licensed gun dealers in southern states texas, arizona, new mexico to report sales of semiautomatic guns if there are multiple sales to a single individual in five day period. push back from g.o.p. lawmakers tonight thinks this new rule makes an end run around congress. shep? >> shepard: shannon bream. >> thanks now to new york and news from there. >> shep, back to you in just a

moment. just two months until the scheduled opening of the 9/11 memorial at the world trade center site in new york. beginning today, visitors can get tickets to attend. the memorial web site went live this morning and in just the first few hours, folks reserved more than 11,000 passes. the scheduled opening date september 12th of this year the names of thousands of victims of the 9/11 attacks inscribed on the memorials which include two reflecting pools where the towers once stood. a ship sinks leaving 128 people dead. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: russia. rescuers searching for the missing in the vulga river. officials say there is little hope of finding any survivors. many of the dead children just separated from their parents and sent to an interior play area right before the tour boat sank. one survivor says practically no

children made it out alive. an investigation into the cause of rush shaps worst river boat crash in decades is still underway. mexico. the military freeing 20 hostage held in the northern city of monterrey. anonymous tip leading authorities to abandoned building. the zeta's drug cartel kidnapped the group. cops arrested one suspect. cypress. a massive blast in a military base leaves at least 12 people dead and more than 60 hurt. we're told the brush fire detonated shipping containers of confiscated iranian weapons. officials say the plant supplies the island nation with nearly half of its electricity. china. a celebration in shanghai marking the completion of four giant sections of new roadway for the san francisco bay bridge. the new span will replace part of the bridge that collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. california outsourced that job to china to save money.

the massive part shipped to the united states today and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. so you are at a major league baseball game, right? a ball potentially worth half a million dollars lands right in your lap. do you try to sell it or give it back? derek jeeter, a lifelong yankees fan and one valuable baseball coming up. plus, a u.s. meernl recently asked the hollywood actress to accompany him to the marine corps ball. a long shot, right? well, guess who got a date. head to fox news.com for details. announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites...

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>> shepard: programming note from here in phoenix as we gear up for the home run derby tonight. we'll be live again tomorrow from here at chase field for "studio b" and fox report. and once again, you can catch the major league all star game on the fox broadcast network on your local fox station tomorrow night 8:00 eastern, 7:00 central. one previous all star had a pretty big weekend of his own. new york yankee captain derek jeeter number two the shortstop. he hit number 3,000 into the left field bleachers at yankee stadium on saturday. according to some estimates, that ball could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. but the guy who caught it, a lifelong yankee fan and only 23 gave it right back. his name is christian lopez. he tells fox news he never even

considered selling that ball because, as he put it, mr. jeter deserved it. >> i'm a huge baseball fan but i'm not going to be that guy that charges derek jeeter a million dollars for the ball that he hit out of the stadium for his 3,000th. that's a once in a lifetime thing and that's something he will always remember. >> shepard: that's a good yankees fan. derek and the yanks thanked lopez with array of gifts including season tickets in the champion's suite. exeivel and awesome food. and he gets those for the rest of the year. bear alert. people in new york city suburb of south just north of the city running a bear cubs nap or ruining it really. the bear was snoozing away, just minding its own business, i'm told. wildlife officials would have none of it. so they shot the thing out of the tree with a tranquilizer gun. missed safety nets below.

hit the garage, look at this and then landed on the ground. the banner wasn't helpful. sorry. the ground does not feel like a trampoline. and on this day in the year 1914, a young pitcher by the name of george her man babe ruth took the mound for his major league baseball debut. born in baltimore. spent much of the childhood in orphanage. the baltimore orioles signed ruth to his first contract. the team quickly sold him to the red sox. and while he was in boston, babe went from a rookie pitch tore one of the best players the game had ever known. to the dismay of any fox teams the team sold him to new york yankees and in 10 of the next 12 seasons the bam beano hit more home runs than the entire red sox team. the sultan of swat first threw his first pitch 97 years ago today. i missed